Biculturals’ Flexible Identity Affects the Retrieval of Autobiographical Memories: An Online Replication of Wang (2008) Using a Pretest-Posttest Group Design

Seventy-one Asian-Americans recalled a recent memory before and after being primed as either Asian or American. On pre-prime memories, conditions did not differ. However, on post-prime memories, subjects primed as American recalled more memories focused on self-agency and those primed as Asian recalled more memories focused on social interactions.